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Among the Moon- 
shiners; 



-OR- 

A Drunkard s Legacy. 

A TEMPERANCE DRAMA. 

IN THREE ACTS, . 

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— BY — 

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AMONG THE MOONSlirNEUS. , (V)!*^^ 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Joe Case, A dntnlartl. 

Wm. Mosbt, Proprietor of "Oolden Cafe," a moonshiner. 

Jim Mosbv, Hin son. 

Messenger, 1 

WaLTIMORE FeLANDER SNUFP, rri t 1 4 

Ol' William, ( The iooh agent. 



J. Ca DWELL Dusty Rhodes, 

Seymour Cahoon, ) Gambler. 

Dkeiner, \ Dutchman. 

Si JenklnSj Moonshiner. 

Mary Case, Joe's wife. 

Sarah Case, Their daughter. 

Detectives, etc. 

COSTUMES. 

Seymour Cahoon. — Flashy, loud suit, black beard. 

Jim Mosby. — Flashy, loud suit, mustache. Act 2iid. Clothes torn 
and dirty. Scene 3rd. Flashy suit. 

Wm. Mosby. — No coat; an apron on. Act 2nd. Business suit, 
coat and hat. 

Joe Case. — Clothes torn and ill fitting. Act 3rd. Neat suit. 

AV. Snuff. — Short coat and trousers, battered hat, etc., long side- 
burns. Act 2nd. Clothes ragged and dusty; black stubby beard. 
Tomato can hanging at side. Act 3rd. Same as Act 1st. 

Dreiner. — Dutch suit, rather loud. 

Ol' Williams. — Heavy gray beard and hair; farmer style. 

Si Jenkins. — Rough working suit, revolver in belt, black beard. 

Rhodes. — Working suit; whiskers, etc. 

Detective. — Neat suit, black or blue. 

Mrs. Case.— Dress faded and ragged; shawl. Act 3rd. Neat 
dress. 

Sarah. — Neat dress. 

TIME OF PLAYING— 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

PROPERTIES. 

Table and chairs, cards, bar, bills, letter, cigars, bottles, glasses, 
etc.; revolvers, large book, long table cloth, stove or fireplace, old 
chairs, pen and ink, extra aces in deck of cards, pails, lantern, 
whistles, etc., revolvers, empty tomato can, old musket and bandage 
for Sarah. 

STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

E., means Right: l.. Left; R. n., Rislit Hand ; l. h.. Left Hand; c, Center; g. e., 
[2d B.,] Second Entrance; u. E., Upper Entrance; m. d., Middle Door; F., the 
Flat; D. P., Door in Flat; b. c, Right of Center; l. c, Left of Center. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

*** The reader is supposed to be npon the stage facing the audience. 



r 



AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 



ACT I. 



SCENE I. — A bar-room — Jim Mosby and Seymour Cahoon playing 
cards at table at r. c, Wm. Mosby \catches game — bar in last grooves. 

Jim. {throicing doion last card and drawing in money, vh'ch is on the 
table) Ha, hal Cahoon, that's the time you lost. I knew I would 
capture that pedro after you took the six spot with your queen. 

{shuffling cards 

Sey. {carelessly, smoking, blowing rings into the air) All right Jim, 
deal them up or, yes I'll cut them, (cuts cards) Let them fly. 
There's my stuff, (lays bills on table) Cover it Jim. 

Jim. (dealing cards) Bring a couple of Avhiskies, dad; I'm dryer 
than a salt mackerel, [pickingiip cards, puts up money) There is my 
stake. (they arrange the cards in Jiands, Wm. Mosby goes for drinks 

Sey. I'll give two, auction bid. 

Jim. Three! 

Sey. Five! 

Jim. I call. What's trump? 

Sey. Five on hearts. Hearts are trump. (Wm. Mosby brings 
drinks) Here's to success. 

Jim. And here too. (drinks 

Wm. And the devil take care of his own, eh! boys? 

(watcJies game 

Sev \ You bet! (discai'd and carry game through 

Enter, Joe Case, r., 1 e., unsteadily to c. 

Joe. (muttering) Bet-betting, always betting, enthused by the 
cursed liquor they get. (to Mosby) Hullo! Mosby. 

Wm. {irritated) Joe Case, you here? Didn't I tell you last night 
not to enter this shop again for a week? Say! 

Joe. Oh' you needn't get so almighty particular (hie) Wil Mosby. 
Just because I didn't have any money last night, and because no 
stranger was here to— er — t-treat, you turned me out. Here's money, 
give me a drink. (goe^ to bar with monei/ 

Wm. I suppose you've been to Cartlet's again. What'U you 



4 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

have? {(jnenhach ofhar 

Joe. Yes, old Cartlet got my last, or rather my Avife's last book 
this morning. It was her fatiier's wedding jiresent, and she kicked 
like a mooley steer. Give me some whiskej'. 

1F«2. {pouring in glass) Here j'ou are. How much did old Cartlet 
put up? 

Joe. I made him pull out a dollar for it. You see, Mosby, it was 
sort of precious to Mary, mj' wife, but everything else had gone, and 
so it had to go. Oh! the curse of drink; the body, heart, reason, 
strength, all goes to satisfy this beastl}' habit. Down she goes. 

{drinks 

Win. Ha! ha! you're always getting sentimental, Joe. Have 
some more? 

Joe. Yes, more, (hie) 

Wm. {Jills his glass) I say, Joe — 

Jim. {springing iq)) Ha, ha! done again, Cahoon. Pedro, jack 
and low to your high pedro. Seven to six, and the stakes are mine, 
ha, ha! Drinks, dad. 

Sey. A good play you made. I'll double stakes and play you 
once more; is it a go? 

Jim. Yes, deal 'em up. {scats 

Wm. {brings drinks, while Joe takes stool L. c.) Did he beat you 
again, Cahoon? 

8ey. Yes. {shuffles cards— carry game through — knock n., 1 e. 

Wm. {surprised) Hullo! it must be someone not acquainted 
around these parts, when they stop to knock at William Mosby's 
Golden Qafe. {goes to door 

Enter, MesseKgeb, r., 1 e. 

Messenger. I am in .tiearch of a person by the name of Joseph Case. 
I inquired for him and was directed here. Can you inform me as to 
his whereabouts? 

Joe. {stupidly muttering) Coarse iZe wherez abouts. Ezerbody (hie) 
knows Josie Case. Gim'me drink, (hie.) 

Wm. Is the finding of him of very great importance, sir? 

Mes, It is. I have an important message for him. A letter in 
fact. 

Joe. {muttering) Lez^er go zaliger. 

{falls off stool in a drunken sleep 

Wm. Well, here my man is the Joseph Case you are in search of. 
{crosses to Xj.,folloiccd by the Postman— A?c/i;.« stool aside 

Mes. Him? Why he's drunker than a Lord. 

Wm. Ha, ha! That's nothing^Joe drunk. Well, well. Ha, ha, 
ha! Drunk, why stranger, that soak hasn't drawn a sober breath in 
five years. Ha, ha, ha! 

Mes. Well, sir! I'm sorry for him. My time in this place is 
limited. The fact is, stranger, I was sent down here from New 
York with this message {shows letter-) and must go on the next train 
through to San Francisco. Would it be too much trouble for you to 
take charge of this until he {pointing to Joe) is able to receive it? 
Here's a dollar. {passes it 

Wm. Not at all, sir! not at all. 

Mes. {giving him letter) I am very thankful to you, sir! Remem- 
ber it is of vast importance. Good-day, sir! {exit, r., 1 E. 



AMONO THE MOONSUINERS. 5 

Wm. inoind to L. C, aside) Hump! I wonder what there is in it. 
OldJoi' C'lsc has lived liere close onto twenty-five years, and I believe 
lie never got a letter before, I'm curious. (.liM a/«^ Seymouk cfoiie 
Iheir (jamtS) Hullo! the boys have finished, I'll tend to the letter 
later, iio » to bar) Well, who came out second best this time, boys? 

Jan. "(aiigrili/) I did, curse the luck. 

Sev. Uh; don't get angry, Mosby, it's all in the game. One of us 
must get beaten. 

Jim. I bL'lleve you cheated. 

iSei/. What! {moving hand totcarcl hip pocket 

Jim. I say you cheated. 

Sey. (anyrilt/) Jim Mosby, you are a liar. 

Jim. {KpringiiKj at Seymour) Take that back, or I'll strangle you! 

(Wm. rushes around back of Seymour 

Sep. {drauiny revolcer) Rack, sir! you called me a thief and I 
called you a liar. Jim Mosby, you are both, for I detected ycTur 
deception in the second game. Tills game I watched you loo closely 
to allow your underhand work, and hence fairly beat you, and in 
doubling our stakes, come out ahead in the game. Now sir— 

(Wm. springs ujjon Seymour's tjack, the pistol discharges in the air 

Wm. Give back the money. 

8&y. Never! Let go of me! Help! 

Joe riass and staggers toward them, grasping a bottle from the bar — Jim 
is about to strike Seymour tcith a chair, when Joe lunges foricard 
and falls over him icith the bottle — a struggle ensues between Seymour 
and Wm. , both rolling towards c. — Wm. grasps bottle 3o^ has dropped 
and if about to hit Seymour, when Waltimore Snuff rushes in b., 
1 E., and hits him on the head icitli a large book — Wm. falls. 

Snuff. How are ye gentlemen? Your kantaiikerous disagreements 
seem to be kinder on the decline. 

Joe. (silting up, inumbles) HuUoz zar, who's zou, feller? 

Snuff. Me, gentleman? I'm Waltimore Felander Snuff, Snuff- 
ville, Connecticut; agent for Burnes &Co., latest production entitled, 
"Jimmie Jones among the Mormans, or a Detective's search for a 
Wife," — {sits on stool, Sey'mour and Wm. rise and rush at him, but Jie 
has drawn two revolvers — the book is opien on his lap) I respectfully 
solicit your subscriptions at five dollars i^er copy, gentlemen. 

CURTAIN. 

SCENE 11. — Ante-room of the Golden Cafe — door set in r., backs. — 
table at I,, c., icith chairs — Wm. Mosby seated, smoking — bottles and 
glasses on table, which is covered icith long cloth. 

Wm. Well, here's another day gone to the devil. Business getting 
worse every day and ruination slaring me in the face. That meddle- 
some book-agent roped us in for five dollars each last night; not be- 
cause we wanted to but because we had too. I'd have the scoundrel 
arrested if it wasn't for the row Jim and Gaboon got into. Old Joe 
escaped the paying of the five, simply because he didn't have it. 
Poor old sinner — by the way, I have a letter to deliver to him. Let 
me see, where did I put it? (searches) Oh! yes, I threw it into the 
cash drawer just before the fight last right. Joe was too drunk to 



6 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

receive it. Tlie messenger said it was very important — say, by jingo, 
why not investigate? I will sure as shooting. {exit, k. e. 

Enter, Waltimorb Snuff, k., 1 e., cautiously. 

Snuff. Well, I'll be blowed if here ain't a branch of the .she-bang 
I was into last night, and by prompt attention to business, took in 
three fivers. Fifteen plunks. Whoop la — {sees bottle on table) Hullo! 
I wonder if I was expected? Must be, sartin sure, {in.sj^eets and helps 
himself) Yum! yum! first-class; have another, Mr. Snulf. Thanks, 
don't care if I do. {drinks) Hullo! somebody comes. Hide Snutfy, 
hide. {craiols under table 

Enter, Wm. Mosby, r. u. e., icith letter. 

{aside) Hanged, if it ain't the old Billy Williams himself. 

Wm. {laying cir/ar on table edge) Yes. {examining letter) I knew 
where it was. It's marked important too. I'll justopen it and then 
if it isn't important to me, I'll give it to the old man. {opens letter 
and reads, Snuff takes cigar off table) Important? Well, I should 
remai'k! Jim must hear of this and at once to. A fortune for us 
if we play it O. K., and I'll gamble we (\i)\\'\>]oo?,e— {takes bottle (ff' 
table) Hullo! I thought I ordered a bottle of Old Port .sent to this 
room. Confound the luck; this comes of hiring cheap waiters— 
{thumps table loith bottle, calls) Dreines! {sits 1j. of table 

Dreines. {outside) Vot it vas? 

Wm. Come here! 

Drein. Vot you vants? Dander and blixin, you vas tol — 

Wm. {angrily) Shut up you fool! Come here. This dunce came 
along this morning and wanted a job. I hired him for his board 
and lodging, and a devil of a poor bargain I've made. 

Enter, Dreines, l. e. 

Oh! you've come at last, have you' Why in thunder didn't you 
bringa full bottle of whiskey in here {,^ho7PS bottle) when I ordered it? 

Drein. {amazed) Dunder and blixin! dot vos von full pottle ven 
I vas prought it in, sure as vos von cliimney Christmas. Dunder 
and — 

Wm. Thunder and nothing, you fool, can't you see it's empty? 

Drein. {e.tamining) It vas, as sure as noddings. You must of 
been as dry as niver vos before; it vos trunked up like ther tivel. 
Dunder and — 

Wm. Shut up! Do you suppose I would have raised all this row, 
if I had drank the whiskey? Get out now and bring in another 
bottle, understand? 

Drein.- As sur' as dunder and — 

Wm. And say Dutchey, if you see Jim out there, s(>nd him in. 

Drein. Yaw. Dunder — 

Wm. Shut up you dunder and blixins. 

Drein. (going) Yaw. Donder and blixin, you vos as funny as 
niver vos befor'. {exit, r. e. 

Wm,. Hang the bothering Dutchman. He's more bother than he's 
worth. I shall — 



AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 7 

Enter, Jim, r. e. , with bottle. 

Jt'in. HuUol dad. Dutchey told me you wanted to see me, also 
sent ill this botllr. Your order I suppose? 

Wjii. {takliKj bottle) Yes, the foul brought in an empty bottle be- 
fore, or else drank tiie whiskey himself. 

Jim. No doubt the latter. Have you seen Gaboon or that blasted 
book agent to-day? 

TFm. iS^o; I would like to take five dollars worth out of his misera- 
ble hide. 

Jim. Ha, ha! I'm afraid you'd take the whole carcass at that 
price. 

Wm. No doubt. If I'd had my revolver handy, it would have 
been somewhat dilferent. (Snuff yhmces out 

Jim. So you say, dad, but what have you on hand now, that 
makes my presence so necessary? I had a game of seven up ar- 
ranged with Mahoony for this afternoon. 

Wm. Be seated Jim. You remembcn' that messenger who came 
into the bar-room yesterday ? He was from New York, and on his 
way through to San Francisco, on important business. He stopped 
otf here to deliver this letter to Joe Case, but as Joe was drunk, 
he left it for me to deliver as soon as Joe was able to receive it. 
After the time we had last night, during the excitement, etc., and 
as Joe was thrown out dead drunk, it was impossible to deliver it to 
him, so here it is. As it was marked important, I took the liberty 
of opening it. Say, Jim, it's the greatest snap we ever struck. Our 
fortunes are made, if we carry out my schemes all right. 

(Snx-'Ff is much interested 

Jim. (interested) What's the game, dad? 

W^n. Come here, {both walk down c.) Say, Jim. {half wldsper) 
Joe Case is heir to a fortune of $500,000. The lawyers in charge of 
it, have never seen him, and he knows nothing of it. How does 
that strike you, eh? 

Jim. {gives a long wJtistle) Gee whiz! dad; it's a big thing, but 
what's your scheme? 

Wm. How am I going to work it, eh? 

Jim. Y'es. 

Wm. This is my scheme; listen and I'll read it to you. It will be 
necessary to go to New Y'ork as the letter states. Listen, {reculs) 
"New York City, Sept. 1st. Joseph Case, Esq.: My Dear Sir — We 
beg to inform you that your father, Rufus Case> died on the 20th 
inst, at his home in London, England. By his will, sent to us for 
execution by our partners in London, he leaves to you the sum of five 
hundred thousand dollars. Further particulars will be given to you 
upon your arrival. You are to bring this message signed with your 
full name. Our special messenger delivers this to you, and an im- 
mediate reply is requested. Very truly yours, Brown, Clark & Co., 
Attorneys-at-Law." 

Jim. Say, dad, we're strictly in it, if we play our cards all right. 

Wm. Wliat do you think of it now, Jim? 

Jim. It's immense. What's the scheme you have in mind? 

Wm. This, Jim; that you are to impersonate Joseph Case, go to 
New York City, present yourself to those lawyers, get the $500,000, 
come back here and divy. How's that? 



8 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

Jim. (scratching head) Well, dad, that's like one liDWe pulling the 
whole load, don't you thinkV 

Wm. Where's the load, Jim? Ha, ha, ha! 

Jim. Yes, that's so, where's the load? But say, dad, how are we 
going to get old Joe's autograph at the botton of tliat thing, eh? 

Wm. Easy enough. Get him full, not too drunk, but just enough 
to make him" accommodating, ask him to sign and he, not suspecting 
anything, will do it. Why, it's just as smooth a plan and just as 
sure, as though we had the money in our hands right now. 

Jim,. Don't measure your corn before you get it, dad. Let's be 
seated and arrange the plan. {take smts occupied first 

Wm. To-night Jim, you meet Joe, treat him generously and I'll 
pass the letter to you and you have him sign it. Then we'll get him 
dead drunk, throw him out and the boodle is ours. 

Jim. That's a great scheme, but suppose they ask me to write, up 
there, eh? 

Wm. Ha, ha, ha' easy, easy, Jim. A sore thumb will suffice. 

Jim. Capital! Have a cigar, dad? (extends case 

Wm. Yes— or, by the way, I had one whett I came in, and laid it 
here on the table, (looks) it must have — 

Jim. The Dutchman, dad. Ha, ha! 

Wm. That's so, the thief, he'll ruin me. (takes cigar 

Jim. Well, well! what care we for expenses. Soon we'll be in the 
city with a half million in the bank? 

Wm. It isn't there yet. 

Jim. Only a question of time, dad, only a question of time. 
(drinks, rising) I'm going down street. I had a game arranged for 
this afternoon, but I am too excited now to handle the p:isteboards. 
Going out? 

Wm. (rising) Yes, I'll see how that blasted Dutchman is tending 
to things at liie bar out there. (exeunt, r. e. 

Snuff, (crawls out from under table, stretches himself , examines bottle) 
AVhew! pretty low sprits, (holds bottle to light and measures low doicn 
on it) And still sinkin' b'gosh! (up c, drinks) Great goshin', I feci 
like a billy-goat what's just swallowed a dynamite bomb — just pretty 
liable to go off at any minute. Whoop! (dances) I'm just as young 
as I use to be. Them two schemers just struck a snap sure's siiootin'. 
(opens Ids book, icrites) First ex]3losion at bar-room this eve., all are 
requested to be present, Waltimore Snulf included. 

Noise back of door, k. — door thrown open and Dkeines comes tumbling 
through, sits c. 

Wm. (from outside) Get out you blundering, tliieving Dutchman. 
Skip! (bottle fli/s pa.st, crashes at i,. 

Drein. Dunder and blixins, vot you dinks I vos, a fool? Geed 
out, veil didn't I so quick as niver vos? Oxcuse me mine tear sir! I 
vos gone so quick, (sees Snuff) Yot; donder and blixin, who the 
tivel vos you mid yourself? 

Snuff xpr in gs forward, asirides Dreiner's back, throtcs his book open 
before him on the floor, points a pistol at his head. 

Snuff. Who am I, eh? I am Waltimore Felander Snuff, Snuffville, 
Connecticut, agent for Barnes & Co., latest production entitled, 



AMONG THE MOONSUINEIHS. 9 

"Jimmie Jonos Among the M( rmans, or a Detective's search fcir a 
AVil'e" and — (I)heiner throws 'S'mvvv fancard, but he in on his hands and 
knees in front of him, icith rerolver pointing into DiiiiiNaii's fuee) I res- 
pectful'y solicit your subscription at five dollars per copy, Dutchy. 

CUBTAm. 



ACT II. 



SCENE I. — Ilome of Joe Case — old stove or fire-place at k., back; rickety 
chairs at l. and R. of old table, L. c./ window set l., 2 e. — JoK lying 
on lounge at back; Mrs. Case sitting in chair by him. 

Mrs. C. {trying to awaken him) Joe, Joe; do wake up, speak to me. 
(aside) OhI heaven, how long is this to continue? (aloud) Joe, my 
husband, speak! 

Joe. (thickly) What you want, hej'? 

Mrs. U. Arouse yourself; don't sleep longer, Joe. 

Joe Go on, I'm tired. (turns over, faces front 

Mrs. C. (nsing) Poor Joe, since he was kicked out of William 
Mosby's vile saloon last night, he has lain here, (down c.) Why did 
1 leave my home: why have I been made the wife of a drunkard, 
why — but there, I must not complain. It was my choice and I — I 
loved him, my poor noble Joe, he was good to me, he is good to me 
LOW when he is not under the inlluence of liquor. Oh! Joe, (going 
to him) Joe, awaken, say that you have not forgotten me, Mary, your 
wife. 

Joe. {struggling to rise) Forgotten you, I\Iary; no, gim'me a drink. 

Mrs. C. (assisting him) A drink. We have nothing but God's free 
beverage here, my husband. Do you wish a drink of water? 

Joe. (going to table R., chair) Water, ha, ha, ha! Joe Case drink- 
ing Avater; not when there's pure old rye. Where's Sarah? 

Mrs. V. (tearfully) Sarah has not arrived yet, Joe. She was going 
lo see the grocer at the corner and try to sell some chestnuts, which 
she gathered this forenoon. We have nothing to eat in the house, 
and she thought perhaps the grocery man would accept the nuts in 
exchange for something for us to eat. 

Joe Etit! haven't nothing to eat. Humph! might}' poor you be. 

Mrs. V. Oh! Joe, how can you make such remarks? Look at my 
clothes, ragged and torn, and our last crust you ate yesterday before 
you went away, taking (sobbing) my dear father's wedding gift. It 
is now in Cartlet's pawnshop; none to satisfy your craving for drink. 
What shall I do? 

Joe. What will you do? Humph: One would think you was the 
most miserable critter in the world. Look at old inullier Blake up 
the rca:l; she can ji,o out and make money; takes in washing and 
works, just as women ought to do. Gim'me a drink. 

J//-.S-. C. (goes to R., 2 K., slowly, turns) Oh! Joe, 1 cannot stand this 
much longer. We have nothing — 

Joe. (angrily) Get me a drink, do ye hear? 

Mrs. C. God in Heave;i grant Ihat this pure beverage will satisfy 
his craving, (brings glaxs of water) Here Joe, it is tlie best Ave have. 

Joe. (taking glass) Water, (disgusted) Bah! take it. (tkroicsitin 



10 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

her face) Water for Joe Case! Ha, ha, ha! (Kii^Ck^s^^reelstor,., front 
oftcindow) Take your beautiful glass too. (rises, hurls it at her, Mit 
she falls fainting, the glass crashes through the icindow — a shrill scream 
front outside) Here's a devil of a scrape your in, Joe Case. You'd 
better get. {goes to Mrs. Case) Fainted a little bit. Jingo, I won- 
der where she got that shawl, {seizes it from her shoulders) That'll 
buy a swaller or two. {ton., 1 E.) Just another swig. One more 
time at Mosby's, ha, ha, ha! {exit, r., 1 e., staggering 

Mrs. C. {reviving, dreamily) Don't Joe; don't hit me please, {start- 
ing) Heavens! I thought he was here. What has happened? 
{refecting) Ah! yes, I remember he threw the glass at me and it 
went through this window. Another escape from satin's influence. 
My shawl — {i}ause) gone to satisfy the thirst of my husband, to swell 
the money box of the saloon keeper and ruin a soul. My mother's 
shawl, {startled) I thought I heard a scream as that glass went 
through the window, {goes to windoio and looks out) Oh! heaven, my 
daughter, my Sarah! Who is that stranger carrying her up the 
stairs? What means that blood? Dead or dying; Father forbid — 

Enter, Snuff, ^ 1 e., dressed as an old man, gray heard and wig, carry- 
ing Sarah. 

Snuff. Pardon me, madam, as I was about to a.scend those stairs, 
I found this child Ij'ing at the bottom. 

Mrs. 0. {springing forward) Sarah, Sarah! speak to me! Oh, sir! 
is she dead?? {taking her from him 

Snuff. No madam, she is not den,;!, only hurt. It is nothing 
dangerous, but a scalp wound, and will be all right shortly, I think. 

31rs. C. {wiping isATiAn's face, sits n. of table) Oh! how kind you 
are, sir! how can I ever thank you? ^iy poor darling Sarah. Will 
you please bring some waler from Ihal pnil? {points r., 2 e. 

Snuff, {bringing water) Is tliis not the home of Joseph Case, 
madam? 

Mrs. C. {taJdng water, bathes SakaiVh face) I am sorry to acknow- 
ledge it is, sir! An unhappy home. 

Smiff\ You are Mrs. Case? 

Mrs. C. I am, sir! 

Snuff'. Than cheer up madam, for there is a brighter future in 
store for you. 

3f7-s. C. {startled) For me! who are j'ou that you bring such 
news? But excuse me, my daughter needs my attention, i shall 
take her to her room and return as soon as I can leave her alone. 
You may remain or call again, as you wish. 

{e.vit, R. u. E. with Sarah 

Snuff\ Very well, madam, I shall remain, {aside) And so this is 
the home of Joseph Case, is it? Barren and desolate, but neat and 
clean. A thrifty wife, a disreptuable husband; she, educated, sensi- 
tive and forgiving, he ignorant, corrupt and brutal; truly the saying 
that love conquers all things, is fully illustrated in this home, but 
the love seems to be somewhat one sided. {kn.ork) Hullo! someone 
knocking. Well, I'm deaf, (pause) Deef, 'korse old uncle William's 
deef. (knock louder-calls) Come in! Consarn it, what yeou standiii' 
eout ther fer? 



AMONG THE MOONSUINEBS. 11 

Enter, Jim Mosby, l., 1 e. 

Jim. (aside) The devil! What old fool is this? (aloud) How do 
you do? (reaching for handkerchief 

Snuff. Eh ? 

Jiyn. (louder) How do you do?' 

Snuff. Naw, I deon't chew. It's kinder bad ter deo so, tew. 
Samantha Thompson, up teo Turlv's Run Holler, cousin teo Seth 
Johnson's wife's sister, sed as hcow she read about heow it killed a 
feller eout in Idaho, an' arter tluit 1 swared otf. 

Ji7n. (aside) This old fool must be deaf, (aloud) I say, sir! who 
are you? (icij)es face, returns handkerchief to pocket 

Snuff'. Eh? You are teo. Waul, waul, that's a good boy, goin' 
teo swar' off teo, eh? 

Jim. Swear off, be hanged. I say (loud) who are you, what's your 
name, where do you hail from, where — 

Snvff. Say, young man, yeou musn't confusticate me with 'er 
photograph — 'er, 'er — I mean a telephone. 

Jitn. (loud) You mean a phonograph, you fool. 

Snuff. Yes, that's ther tool; I knowd that thar was a graph er a 
phone on it somewhar. Course it's a telegraph. Didn't my mother's 
sister's secon' cousin, James Joshuah Sincopher see Georgie Washing- 
ton when he was makin' the consarn thing?? 

Jim. (aside) The fool, (aloud, sarcastically) Undoubtedly, (sits 
I., of table) Where's Mr. Joseph Case"' 

Snuff\ (sits R. of table) Naw, he wasn't no hard case. Georgie 
Washington is ther man who niver in his 'hul life told a lie. John 
A Smith, cousin teo Phebie Smith, up teo Turk's Run Holler, sed 
'twas so. 

Jim. (louder) Is Mr. Joseph Case here? (aside) This must be a 
relation. 

Snuff. Eh? Oh, it's Joe yeou want? No, he wint deown teo that 
ol' skunk of a Mosby's. 

Ji7n. (indignantly) Sir! Mosby's my father. 

Sniiff. Naw, he didn't go no farther. That ol' bum ov' a Mosby 
just keeps him so darned drunk, he don't care a cuss how things ar' 
runnin'. 

Jim. (asid-e) Confound the blockhead, (aloud, a^igrily) I say, sir! 
that man is my father. 

Snuff. What! Joe Case yeour father? 'Er yeou a progidal son? 
If yeou be, yeou're gist in time teo rescue your poor ol' father from 
ol' Mosby's horrible den, b'gosh. 

Jim. Joe Case be hanged; I say Wm. Mosby is my father. You 
had better stop slandering him, see? 

Snuff: Oh! you're bin teo sea, eh? Why, yeou don't look like a 
sea-farer; be hanged if yeou deo. 

Jim. (aside) This is tiresome. The old blockhead is as deaf as 
an adder, (rises, aloud) Say, where's Mrs. Joseph Case? 

(walks towards front, c. to l. 

Snuff. Oh! you want Mrs. Case, deo yeou? AVall, she'll be here in 
er minit er teo. I believe I shall geo deown ther street fer er while, 
go 'long? (rises, goes k. 

Jim. (without turning) No, I choose my own company. 

Snuff. Goin' teo loose good company, eh? Yeou bet yeou be if 



12 AMONG THE MOONSIIINEBS. 

yeou don't cum'. Eliza Surah Perkiii, sister teo Maria Eloiso 
l\'rl<ins, up loo Tui-k's Run Holler, sed, er use teo say, I was ther 
best company she ever had, if I deo say it. 

Jim. {turns savagely) Sir! 1 said I choose my own company. 

Snuff, {imitated surprise) Oh, ho! yeou did, eh? Waul so deo I, 
b'gosh. {exit, r. , 1 e., hurriedly 

Jim. Thank heaven, the blundering old fool is gone; it's a poor 
room that wouldn't be better than his company, and — {loukincj about) 
this one is surely preferable. {u\ilks r. to i^.) I must see ^Irs. (.'as.' 
and get her out of the country, at least for a time, until father and I 
can get Joe to sign that pajper. {pauses i,. , thinking) Yes, yes; I 
just— 

Enter. Mrs. Case, r., 2 e., comes quietly behind, interrupts. 

Mrs. C. Now sir! I am ready to listen to your i^roposition — {recog- 
nizes iiu as he turns) What! you here; Jim Mosby, was it you that 
came in here disguised, to propose some vile scheme? 

Jim. Ah! Mrs. Case, pardon me, 1 take from your talk, that you 
iiave me confounded with that deaf old fool — er, I mean gentleman, 
who was here when I came in, but left a moment ago. {aside) 
Hang him. {walks k. 

Mrs. G. {heicildered) Deaf-old-gentleman. Ah! you mean- -(^mrfe') 
Perhaps the deafness was put on for a purpose, I shall be careful — 
{aloud) Yes, yes, where did he go, sir? 

Jim, {turning savagely) I don't know. 

Mrs. C. What is your business here, Jim Mosby? 

Jim. Business, business; why er — you see Mrs Case, Joe — er — has 
been quite a good customer of ours. 

Mrs. G. {sarcastically) Yes, here about you is the result of your 
honorable industry. In yonder room lies a little girl— our daughter 
— Joe's and mine — suffering from an action of your good customer. 

Jim. Oh! you needn't get so mighty indignant about it. What's 
the matter with the kid? 

Mrs. G. {sharply) Sir? 

Jim. {stepping back) Er, I say, begging your pardon, I have come 
here witli a proposition to you. 

Mrs. G. A proposition? Pray, what may it be? 

Jim. {advanci7ig) How would you like to leave this place for a 
vacation, Mrs. Case? 

Mrs. G. Oh! very much so, sir! but were tickets to Europe ten 
cents each, I would not have money enough to ride from the depot 
to the next station. 

Jim. {more confident) Mrs. Case, are you willing to hear my prop- 
osition? 

Mrs. G. Yes, yes; what is it? 

Jim. I will furnish you money with which to make your trip. 

Mrs. G. {startled) You! 

Jim. Yes, me. 

Mrs. G. {drcncing back) Then you have some motive deepr; :i;ui 
[ can imagine, which prompts you to make such an extraordinary 
Dflfer. 

Jim. Do you accept, maelam? 

Mrs. G. {sternly) Accept, no! You are at liberty to leave, sir! 

{points li. 



Among the moonsiiiners. is 

Jim. (adcancvif/) You had better accept that oirer, madam I 
Mrs. C. {harking) Go, sir! 
Jim,, {contiaved (uh'nncc) Than 3'oa refuse? 

Mrs. C. Y(>s; keep back, sir! what do you mean? {startled 

Jim. {seiziiKj her by the arm) This, madam; you will rue that 
decision; mark me. 
Mrs. O. {Ktruf/f/linf/) Tjet go! Help! help! 
Snvff. {out.-iidc) Yeou bet, yes! 

Snuff rushing in r., 1 e., seizes Jim by trousers and coat collar and 
rushes him out l., 1 k., kicking 1dm down stairs. 

Thar b'gosh; good things cum' slow, but whin they deo cum, make 
ther most ove' 'em.' {dances short clog) Thet's they Avay we deo it 
up teo Turk's Run Holler, by chowder. 

CURT Am. 

SCENE II. — Same as Act 1st., scene Ist.—Vsu. Mosbt bach of bar, 
turning out glass of whiskey, drinks and proceeds to clean the glass. 

Win. Ha, ha, ha! {looks at icatch) Eight o'clocl<, 'honi time the 
boys were gathering in. I'll just set pen and ink liandy, {fakes pen 
and ink from back shelf and sets on counter, Ij.) so when Joe is i-eady, 
there shall be no delay on my part. Poor old fool. He undoubtedly 
started from home two hours ago for this place, but he generally 
goes to sleep along the road some where. 

Enter, Joe, r., 1 e. 

Well, well, here he is now. Hullo, Joe! 

Joe. Hullo! Mosby. Gim'me a drink! 

Wm. {pouring out glass) Here you are. 

Joe. {drinks) Purty good stuff. (offers to pay 

Wm. Ha, ha, ha! Been to Cartlet's again, eh? 

Joe. Yes (hie.) Ol' woman had a shawl (hie) she didn't want, 
so I took it, see? 

Wm. I see. Ha, ha, ha! Say, Joe, have some more? 

Joe. Would Mosby, but 'ain't got ther (hie) stuff. 

Wm. Oh! that's all right, Joe. {5 ot& extends money) No, no, keep 
your money — {pours glass) drink to my health for luck, eh? 

Joe. Here goes. Long life to Will Mosby and (hie) good luck. 

{drinks 

Wm. Say, Joe, I have hit upon a grand scheme of getting all of 
my customer's autographs on a little slip I have here, {producing 
letter) and as I intend shortly to close up this place, I am going to 
divide the remainder of my stock among those signing this paper. 
Do you want to be in it? 

Joe. I don't care if I do. Say, Mosby, you're (hie) gettin' mighty 
liberal all 'tonce. Where you goin'? 

Wm. Well, I have not decided as yet. Here's pen and ink, if you 
wish to be in this deal. 

Joe. {taking pen, dips several times before he gets it into the bottle; 
Mosby extends letter towards Mm, holding onto it; covering as much as 
possible) Where shall I (hie) sign 'er? 

Wm. {carelessly) Oh, anywhere, there {pointing) is a good place, 



U AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

Joe. 

Joe. {abovt to sign; pausing) I say, Mosby (hie) my hand's shakey, 
can't you give me a drink to steady 'em? 

Wm. {hurrying, pours gld.s-s) Here you are. Hurry. 

Joe. Oh! whafs (liic) your hurry ? 

Wm. {pretending unco/irerned) AVell Joe, if you don't want to be 
in this deal, all rigiit. {takes paper 

Joe. Put 'er down an' I'll (hie) sij^n 'er. 

Wm. {arranging paper) Hurry then. 

Joe. {about to sign; tlie piece of money he has been holding, drops, and 
he goes for it, reeling) Come 'ere consarn you. {secures money, returns) 
Say, William, I've gotter (hie) have 'nother drink before I can (hie) 
sign 'er. 

Wm. {aside) Confound the fool, {cdoud. holding tip bottle) Say, 
Joe, lliere isn't any more here. Can't you get along without it? 

Joe. Naw; see that. {holds up hand, showing how it trembles 

Wm. Well, I shall have to go down cellar after some more. I'll 
be right back. {ceit, l. behind bar, taking paper 

Joe. {sitsij.) Well I be (hie) hanged! Old Mosby's getting mighty 
liberal all at once (hie.) 1 don't see why he's so blamed anxious fer 
me (hie) to sign, as ter set 'em up so much. Ha, ha, ha! Josie; old 
Mosby'll set 'em up till j^ou sign, (hie) so what's ther hurry, eh? 
{hell its the pen against the wall and breaks it) Whew! busted the pen, 
(hie) now I can't sign, an' I'm out. W-h-e-w! 

Enter, Wm., l. e., icitJi bottle, pours glass, 

Wm. Here you are, Joe, drink. 

Joe. {returns to bar) You must (hie) want me to sign pretty bad, 
eh! Williams? {drinks 

Wm. (angry, producing paper) Sign if your going to, at once! 

Joe. Ain't goin' to, Mosby. 

Wm. {loud, angry) Not going to; thunder man, what did I set up 
these drinks for, sa}'? 

Joe. Hanged if 1 know, Williams. I can't sign, see! 

{holds up broken pen 

Wm. {walks angrily out from behind bar, up c. — aside) The pen 
broken and the last one in the shanty too. Confound the idiot, what 
shall I do now? {walks n. and l.) Here's a fine opportunity and now 
I havn't any pen. (Joe quietly drinks from bottle which Wm. left onbar) 
A pencil wouldn't do; no, the marks would become soiled or erased. 
{glances -R.) Ah! here comes Jim; I'll have him get some. (Joe 
jinixhes and .^taggers to k., sits at l. of table, laying his he^id upon his arm 
'and goes to sleep — MosBY turns and sees 7um) Hanged, if the drunken 
fool luisn't gone to sleep. {goes back of bar 

Enter, Jim, r. e., clothes torn and disarranged, limps, 

Jim. Hullo, dad! 

Wm. What in thunder have j^ou been doing? 

Jim. ]\Ie? Nothing. 

M'm. What's the matter with your clothes, and why do you limp' 

Jim. {walks to bar, without seeing Joe) Well, dad, I went u\} to 
Cases' mansion and found a deaf old graybeard there. I don't know 
whether he was a relation, a visitor or a tramp, any way he's a fool. 
{attempts to pour out glass of tchiskey from bottle Joe has just drank from; 



AMONG THE MOONSHIWERS. 15 

devatci^ hujlnr and IngJier, until it is vertical, anyry) Why \u thunder 
duii't you ki'pp a I'uU bottle up, dad? I'm dry. 

Wm. (fcizing hottk, holding up to liglit; amazed) Why it was full a 
minute :i'V"- 

Jim. Ila, ha, ha I dad, you're getting crazy. 

Wm. (ru.'<Miig at Joe) Here's the one who emptied it. {shaldng 
Jok) Wake up here! 

Joe. {drunk and stupid) Nozzer drink (hie.) now; let me (hie) 
zleep. 

Wm. {dapping Itim, returning to bar) The fool's drunk, let him go. 
Go on with your story, Jim. 

Jim. Won't he hear? {motioning at Joe 

Wm. No, he's dead to the world. 

Jim. As I was saying, this old fellow at Case's was a lough one. 
Just before Mrs. Case, who Avas out when I came in, entered, he left, 
saying he was going down town, but I do believe he just Avent out- 
side the door and waited, for when Mrs. Case let out her yell as I 
seized hold of lier, to enforce my proposition, that old sinner just 
rushed into the room as though he had been waiting for the chance, 
seized me with a grip that was by no means light, and rushing me 
across the room, just threw me with the assistance of an emphasiz- 
ing kick, so that I tumbled down those stairs at a great rate. That 's 
the reason of my present condition. 

Wm. Ha, ha, ha! and you do look pretty too; ha, ha, ha ! 

Jim. You may laugh, but I tell you dad, it was not so funny after 
all. 

Wm. Wh.y, ha, ha, ha! 

Jim. Mrs. Case refused my offer. 

H7H. {rli.ini(ing his manner) The devil she did! 

Jim. Flatly and point blank. 

Tim. "Will, I suppose we must make the best of it. There's our 
victim, (pointing to Joe) and I came near having him sign, but I be- 
lieve I treated him too freely at first, confound it! {walks from behind 
bar, 1/p c.) Then tiie fool broke the pen. the very last one I had 
too, and I u as going to send you down to the store after one, but your 
appearance in that style knocked it completely out of my head. 
Jim, 1 believe Joe's onto the racket. 

Jim. {drawing Wm. down i.. c.) You do! Say dad, I have a 
sclieme. 

Wm. What is it? 

Jim. Why not abduct Case? Take him up to the cave, you know 
where, and keep him on bread and water, or less, until he signs? 

Wm. Just the thing, and there's no better chance of getting him 
there than to-night. Here he is drunk; we can keep him so until 
about eleven — {looks at watch) it's past 8;oU now, and than take him 
up to the cave. I need a fresh supply of drinks, and Ave can kill two 
birds Avith one stone, by rushing it through to-night, and besides 
Jim, I'm mighty anxious to get that $500,000. 

{botJt move totcards bar 

Jim.. No more than I, I'm sure, {looks off vl.) Here comes some 
of the boys, so I'll go to my room and change these clothes, eh! 
dad ? {exit, l. e. , back of l)ar 

Wm. All right, {arranges bottles and glasses) I shall have to go 
down cellar after some more Avhiskey. Joe finished the last all right. 



16 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

I suppose the boj'S can entertain themselves until I cotne back. 

{exit, L. E. , hack </ bar 

Enter, Snuff and Cahoon, r. , 2 e. 

Sey. So you think you can beat me a game of pedro, do you, 
uncle? 

Snvff. Eh? You've gotter speak kinder loud like teo me, friend 
Cahoon. 

Sey. {louder) You said you could beat me a game of pedro, and I 
say you can't, shall we settle it liere? 

Snuff. Oh! yes, yes. Yeou sed I could beat yeou a game ove pede 
an' I sed yeou could teo, an' neow yeou wanter HQii\c— {carelessly, 
turning away) call it, let me figger; oh! say five plunkers, friend 
Cahoon. 

Sey. {loud) Come, come uncle, here's a table and cards. I see 
old Joe Case is here ahead of us, but he don't look much like playing. 
He can use the floor to sleep on. 

{leads Joe staggoHng to l. , lets him doicn on floor 
Snuff\ {.strolling to table, e.mmining cards) Say, friend Cahoon, 
what's that 'ar kard? {holding np the ace of hearts 

Sey. {loud) That's the ace of hearts. 
Snuff'. Wliat will it deo? 

Sey. If hearts were trump, it would take anything. 
S/uiff. An' friend Cahoon, what would that one deo? 

{holding vp ace of clubs 
Sey. If clubs were trump, that would take anything. 
Smiff'. An' here's a cupple mor' them things, what'il they deo? 
Sey. Ace of diamonds and ace of spades will take anything played 
of a similar trump, uncle. 

Smiff'. Then them's 'bout ther best kind ove kards teo get, be 
they? 

Sey. Yes, with those in one's hand, he stands a much better show 
of winning at pedro. 

Sniiff'. (laying rest of pack on table and ptutting tJtefour aces in his Ifi 
coat sleeve) Com' on then, deal 'em up. I've got 'er live here fer tlie 
fust game, unless you want teo raise it. {produces inaney 

Sey. {stepping forward) But uncle, you must not keep those aces 
in your sleeve. You can't hold them back from the game. ■ 

Snuff\ {showing how Ji,e ts holding them icith his left fingers) Tain't 
hard teo deo it, Cahoon. See, I'Jl shuv' 'em inteo the game soon's 
they're needed. Shuffle up the cards. {nits u. of table 

Sey. But uncle, we must have those cards to fill out the deck. 
Snuff'. Naw, they're small an' don't fill eout much, see? 

{holds up sleere 
Sey. {loud) But we must have four aces in the deck 
Snuff', {seizing Caj\00'h'% left arm and pulls four aces from it) Su:j- 
pussiu' we use yeour's, friend Cahoon. 



CURTATN. 



AMONG THE MOONSIITNERS. 17 

SCENE III. — Woods, cave at i.., stage dark lantern. Imnging at opening 

qf cave., i.. 

Ente)', Si Jenkins, /row. mov. l., carrying pail of icMslcey. 

Si. That finishes business for to-night, and mighty glad I am too. 
(two s/iort and a long whistle at 1j., I E.) * HuUol tliere's a new comer. 
I'll just set this pail into the cave and see who it is. {e.vit, into cave 

Enter, Jim and Wm. Mosby, i,., 1 e., leading Joe Case, securely hound, 
between them. 

Joe. I tell you Mosby, I'll get even on this joke of yours, see if I 
don't. Let go of me! {try s to struggle 

Wm. {throicing him to floor) Lie there you stubborn idiot; you'll 
find it's no joke before I'm through with you. Will you sign now? 

Joe. Never! You tried to dupe me by getting me drunk, but now 
I am conscious and know that you have some vile scheme on foot, 
and that my signature on that paper is necessary to make it a suc- 
cess. What your scheme is, I know not, but sign that? Never! 

Jim. What's the use of argument, dad? Go and see the boys, 
while I v/atch here. Cahoon came up early and told them to be 
prepared. 

Wm. Keep your eyes open, Jim. {exit, n.. 1 e. 

Joe, What are you going to do with me, Jim? 

Jim. Do? Ha, ha, ha! wait and you'll see. You'd better sign, 
Joe. 

Joe. {sitting up, looking about) Where are we? 

Enter, CAnooN, l. it. e. 

Sey. Hullo! Jim, got here all right, eh? 

Jim. {comes doicn jj.) Oh! yes, Cahoon. Dad's just gone into the 
cave. How's business? 

Sey. Just shut the engine down for to-night. Made a good run. 
Got him did you? 

Jim. Joe? Oh! yes, he came along in good shape. 

Enter, Wm. 'Kohhy , followed hy Si Jenkins, r., 1 e. 

Wm. Here we are boys. There's your charge, old Joe Case. Si 
Jenkins, Seymour Cahoon, you are to keep him secure in that cave, 
{points) give him nothing to eat but salt mackerel; that will make 
him thirsty, and, on your lives, don't let him taste of water, but keep 
him near the spring, so that he can see it all the while. Do you un- 
derstand? 

ff I we do. 

Wm. If at any time he concludes to sign this paper, {7iolds out) 
send for me at once, {to Joe) Joe Case, you have heard my orders, 
and I can assure you they will be carried out to the letter; do you 
wish to sign now? 

Joe. No! I would not sign that now, were you to kill me for not 
doing so. 

Wm. {laugldng) I think Joseph, you'll find salt mackerel dry, to 
be about ehe finest dessert in the land, eh! boys? 



IS AMO±\G TRM MOONISIUNERS. 

Omnes. Yes, ha, ha, ha! 

Wm. I shall have to go now. Cahoon, take care of Joe and follow 
instructions. Goml-uiulit. (starts) And send down the usual num- 
ber to-morrow, as I am about out; you liad a good run tu-iiiyht, 1 
understand? 

Bey, Yes; and I'll see that it's there early. 

Wm. All right, good night. (exit, l., 1 e. 

Jim. Good-night Joe, I trust you will like j'our fare. Salt macker- 
el; ha, ha, ha! {exit, l., 1 e. 

Sep. Come Si, let's take our charge into the cave. 

JSi. O. K. ; I wish he'd send someone to help in this deal. 

{they assist Joe and exeunt, e. u. e. 

Snuff disguised as a tramp, peeks in r., 2 e. , then enters. 

Smtff. He, he, he! 'ere's a chance fer Dusty Rhodes, takin'-ker of 
a man what's tied up so 'e can't get at me. What a snap, he, he, he! 
{sits on floor and drinks from an old tomato can, lohich he has hung aroimd 
hi^ neck by a string) Yum, yum, yum-m-m-m. 

Enter, Cahoon, r. tj. e., stumbles over Snuff. 

Sey. {turning Who the devil are you, sir? 

Snuff, {composedly) Yum-m-m-m. 

Sey. Say you, what are you doing here? 

Snvff'. {looking) Hullo, boss! Say, that's good stuff you critters 
er makin'. Have some. {extends can 

Sey. Who are you? Answer my question. 

Snuff. Who be I ? Well boss, you seem to be sort 'er hurried and — 

Sey. Answer my question. 

Snuff. Well, as 1 was about to say, {rising, goes toioards front) if 
your iiiquisitiveness hadn't been so mightely rushin,' my name is — 
according to tradition and my parential presentation gift — it is — full 
and comj^lete, I suppose you want it — nothing else than— according 
to the family recoril, kept in our old green covered bible, recorded 
by my venerable sire and a precious treasure to your humble visitor, 
Mr. J. Cad well Dusty Rhodes, commonly called Dusty Rhodes for 
short, see! He. he, he! {boios low 

Sey. Your a cad. 

Snuff'. No, it's Cad-well, but I'd rather you'd call me Dusly 
Rhodes, it's so familiar with my occupation. 

Sey. {walks doinn l.) And what is your occupation? 

Snuff. Traveling, principally. Was engaged by Rest and Doolittle, 
but they refused to pay my price, so I quit them, see: He, he, he! 

{drinks from can 

Sey. {walks to n. , aside) He's some tramp. Si want's some help, 
as I must go down to Mosby's with liis last order, I'll see if I can get 
this fellow to help here, {to Snuff) Say, Rliodes, supposing you 
had an offer to work, would you doit? {Snuff hastily peeks about) 
Well, what are you looking for? 

Snuff', {up at K.) Any wood piles? 

Sey. No. 

Snuff. Any dogs? 

Sey. No. 

Snuff. Any women? 



AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 19 

Bey. No. 

Snuff, (relieved) Thank heaven, I'll hire out. 

Sep. What's your reference? 

Snuff. Reference? 

SVy. Yes. 

Snvff. Don't my facial countenance express my inflexible honesty 
and urgent willingness to work? 

Scy. Perhaps. Where do you hail from? 

Snuff. Windy Holler, Vt. 

Sep. What did you leave Windy Hollow for? 

Snvff. Couldn't fetch it with me, he, he, he! 

Sep. Don't go playing those — 

Smtff. Say boss, 1 left last spring, but I didn't leave alone. 

Sep. W^hat's that; did the constable leave after you, eh? Ha, ha, 
ha! 

Snuff. Naw; 'twasn't that. 

Sep. Not that? The sheriff then? 

Snvff. No, you see as how it was; spring, all the trees had to leave 
too. He, he, he! 

Sep. Enough; I'll hire you, but don't say anything to Si about 
those trees and me, will you? 

Snuff'. Nix. Where's this Si you're telling about? 

*S'(;^. Oh! yes, I'll call him. {go9s to r. u. e. and icJiistles 

Snvff. It must be a dorg. 

Sep. {returning) Here he comes. 

Snvff. Oh, Lord! {trying to hide 

Sep. Here, here! what are you up to now? 

Snvff'. I don't want to see the dorg. 

Sep. What dog? 

Snuff. The dorg, Si. I don't, I — 

Sep. He isn't a dog. 

Snvff. {coming doicn u. c.) Thought you whistled fer a dorg. 

Sep. That's a signal. 

Snuff. Signal, eh? Ah, o-o! 

Enter, Si Perkins, r. u. e. 

Sep. Here Si, is Mr. Dusty Rhodes, who I think will make a good 
assistant to take care of Joe and feed him the salt mackerel. Mr. 
Rhodes, Mr. Si Jenkins, {shake hands, Jenkins tcinces under Snuff's 
grip) What's the matter, Si? 

Si. (?« Snuff) Say, Rhodes, {icringing hand) where in thunder 
did you get that grip? 

Snuff\ Oh! that, eh? He, he, he! Why, that I caught up to the 
Holler. You see we people up there called it the lagrippe. I caught 
it fust in the head, but the doc' gave me something and it went ker- 
biff, a chasin' uja and down like a jumpin jack, and finally settled in 
my gripper. {opens and closes hand. 

Si. I should say it had. 

Sep. Now boys, get acquainted; Si get Dusty a change of clothes, 
something a little more modern, and instruct him in his regular 
duties. {starts L. 

Snuff, {looldng scared) Say, boss, 

Sep. Well? 



so AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

Snnff. Have I srot ter work? 

Seij. Nothiiii;' hard; not manual labor: spiritual labor, eh! Si? 

,s'/. That's all. (9,v.\uomi sUtrts "i.. 

Snvff. (Kcured) B-b-b-but say b-boss, I d-d-ilon't b-b-beliove in 
s-s-spirits. H-h-h-hanged if I do. 

Sey. {Uuighing) I should say you didn't, the way you was after 
them when 1 came out here. 

Snuff, {relieml) Oh! them Idnd of spirits? Say boss, (ert/ye;-) I'm 
engaged, put me to worlv. 

Sey. Tiiere will be no wor-k until to-morrow night, but ther.* Is 
spirits enough in the cave, if you want any. 

Simff. {seizing Si hy arm, going up k.) Come on Si, I do. 

Sey. {folloiring, stops uj} u.) Say boj-s, remember and obey 11 n' 
Capt's. orders. I shall be back to-morrow, during the afternoon. 

IJ'^-^- j- All right, good-night. {exit,, r. it. k. 

Sey. {coming dotcn Tj.) I must go down and fill the Capt's last 
order. I would like to understand the scheme they have in bringing 
old Joe Case up here, he surely hasn'tanything to loose, and how can 
they gain anything? A mystery. Will let it remain a mystery ns 
long as Seymour-Cahoon, a moonshiner and gambler, gets his e.xtra 
thousand by the deal. {eMt, l. , 1 e. 

CUB TAIN. 



ACT III. 

SCENE L— Room in Care— table n. c, chairs l. c, up at r. and i,., 
barrels up at l. of stage. 

Enter, W.M. ^Fosby and Sr Jenkins, t.., 1 E. 

Wm. {taking off ha f) So Joe has decided to sign, has he? ITa, ha 
ha! I Uhought he would get tired of salt mackeiv!. {draws rhfiirjhi , 
L C. to L. of table, p.itdhat on table) Co, bring iiir.i in, Si. 
' Si. Yes, sir! {st.irts l., 2 k. 

Wm. Si. 

Si. {turns) Sir! 

Wm. Have you any pens up here? 

Si. Yes, sir! 

Wm. Bring one out. 

Si. All right, sir! {stnrtx 

Wm. Si. 

Si. {turns) Well? 

Wm. Bring out some ink too. 

Si. Yes, sir! (starts 

Wm. And Si? 

Si. {turns) What is it? 

Wm. Is Cahoon in the cave? 

Si. He is. 

Wm. Tell him to come out. 

Si. Very well, sir! (starts 

Wm. Si. Hang it, stop.' 

Si. Yes, sir! (stops 



AMONG THE MOONSIIINEllS. 21 

Wm. You have had a new hand to help you the last few days, 
liave you not? 

8i. We have. 

Wm,. How does he get along? 

m. Eiegiuil, si 1-1 

Wm. IJring him out, too. 

Si. All right. 

Wm,. And Si; confound it, why don't you wait until I say go? 

(S¥. I will, sir I {at ops up c. 

Wm. (rcitliout looking (it Mm, takes the letter from pocket) Don't for- 
get to bring in something to drinlc. I'm dry after my long wallc. 

{begins to redd letter 

Si. Yes, sir! {stands still 

Wm. {aside) Yes, this is all right. If I can get Joe to sign here, 
it'll be all O. K, $500,000; w-h-e-w! but won't Jim and I have a gay 
lime spending it? I do believe I'd give okl Joe, the poor old drun- 
kard, two or three hundred dollars, just to show my liberality. 
Jlary Case is a first-class woman, too good by far, for old Joe, and 
perhaps a couple of hundred would not be out of place to her. I 
wish Si would hustle those fellows; what maices him so slow; I'll 
dismiss him. I'll have to go and get them myself, he's so — {rises, 
sees Si) W-w-what the devil you doing there, say ? 

{puts letter on table 

Si. AVaiting for you to tell me to go, sir! You told me too. 

Wm. Fool! Go! go! fly, or I'll help you! AVill you get? 

Si. {skipping out 1.. V. 'E.) Y-y-you b-b-bet! 

Wm. co7nes down l. c. — as Ids bade is turned towards table. Snuff enters, 
B,, 2 E., changes letter for the one Wm. has left on the table and exits, 
same. 

Wm. Hang it! These blamed, blundering, ignorant idiots will 
spoil everything. This is a — • 

Enter. Si., L., 2 E., siq)2)orting Joe, whose face and hands are lohite and 
drawn, trembles — Cxnoois folloics tcith pen, ink and drink. 

Si. Here he is boss, a week on salt mackerel has somewhat 
changed his appearance. 

Wm. {turning) Oh! you've returned, have you? Well Joe, how 
do you feel? {goes to table 

Joe. {faintly) Oh, heavens! Mosby, why do you treat me this 
way? 

Wm. Just because you refused to sign this paper, {takes letter, but 
does not read it) Are you ready to sign now? 

Joe Do I have my liberty, if I do? 

Wm. Not just now, but you will have good fare and everything 
comfortable until you are released. Sign? 

Joe. Yes, yes! Though I do not understand it. I cannot live 
longer under this treatment. Think of my poor wife? Oh! heaven, 
help me. {sits l. of table 

Wm. Your wife is all right. Perhaps much better than if she 
had a drunken brute of a husband to look after. Come, sign. 

Joe. {fiercely) Who made her husband a brute. Will Mosby? 
AVho ruined a once pleasant home? Ah! too well you know. Too 



22 AMONG Til 111 MOONSIILBERS. 

often have you heard my liard earned dollars rattle into your coffers, 
to forget what misery, ruin and degradation that purchase mon^y 
bought. That was years ago. Now 1 am old Joe Case, drunkard 
and inebriate, resi)ected by none, biit cur.sed and despised b3'^ all, ex- 
cepting, perhaps, my dear wife, who has remained so true to me. 
Now William Mosby, v'ou have some sclienic on foot and I am to be 
your tool. Were it not for the opportunity of again seeing my wife, 
I would end vay misery here and foil as far as I am able, your plot. 

Wm. Don't get sentimental. You say 1 ruined your home. Joseph 
Case, you are a drunkard, you were designed to be one. 

Joe. Will Mosby, when the tempter creeps softly, noiselessly, 
closer, closer — ah! 1 see them now, there, there o-o-ohl Take them, 
take them away. Oh! heaven, spare me this! (cahnnly) Yes, I'll 
sign the paper, but from this hour, Joe Case is not the despised 
drunkard, not the willing servant of satan, but with the help of God, 
a reformed man. (Cauoon avrau(jcs ink and pen, folds paper and al- 
lows room fur signing) May 1 not read it, Mosby? 

Wm. No; sign. Your neat temperance speech seemed to deaden 
the boys, it was very appropriate, surely. Where is tiiat tramp you 
picked up, Gaboon? {.] ok signs paper 

Set/. He went out Capt., said he was going a hunting. 

Wm. Are you sure he is O. K. ? 

Sey. Perfectly. He can put down more spirits in a given time, 
without getting any the worst for it, tium any man I ever saw. 

Wm. Well, make him work, to pay for it, then, {to J ok taking 
Idler) That's first rate, Joe. {to Men) Take him back to the cave 
boys, and treat him loyally, remember. 

^Q-^' [ We will. {exit, l. tj. e., supjwrting Joe 

Wm. Well done, well done. Now for the money. Jim will have 
everything his own way. {walks musingly downij., eolliiles with Snuff, 
who is hacking rapidly in, looking up i-. front, as though looking in tops 
(f trees — Snuff J"?«iw, has an old musket.) Confound it man, who are 
you and what are you doing here? Speak! 

Snuff. Who be I, and what am I doing here, eh? Well, Capt., I was 
the great I am, but since friend Si fitted me out in these new togs, I 
don't exactly know who I am, do .you? {re.^ts musket at \.. 

Wm. No I don't. Do you know you're on dangerous ground about 
here? 

Snuff, {.stepping carefully about) W-w-where — w-w-what's the m- 
matter of it? 

Wm. If you're seen about here in fifteen seconds, I'll shoot you. 
{levels revolver at hivi) Git! 

Snuff, {rapidly) But say Capt., I belong up here. I'm — I'm — J. 
Cadwell Dusty Rhodes, you're the Capt., and you must be careful 
how you fire that gun, cause why! {slower) cause there's one bearing 
onter you right back there, {points n., 2 k. — as Wm. turns. Snuff 
seizes his hand and tcrencJies his recolosr away) Asking your pardon, 
boss, but it's over here now. 

Wm. Oh! well, if you're the one Cahoon hired to work up here, 
you are all right. Put down that gun, I'm in a hurry. {starts l. 

Snuff. There's no hurry, Capt, Stop! 

Wm, {stops) But sir! I say there is. {angnily) Get out of my 
way. 



AMONG TEE MOONSHINERS. 83 

Snuff, (tchistles twice) Stand still. 

Wm. (startled) What means that signal. Speak man, are you a 
spy ? 

Sntiff. Spy, no sir! I'm J. Cadwell Dusty Rhodes. 

Enter, Detectives, k., 1 e. and 2 e. 

Take care of him, boys. 

(i)ETKCTiVES go to R. and l. r>fWM. and seize Mm 

Wm. {struggling) Treason! (shouts) Cahoon! Si! A spy! help! 

Siivff. Hold him boys, that's it. There's no use of that Mosby, 
your partners were tal<en as soon as tlTey entered the cave. These 
men never fail. Bind him, boys. (Snuff goes to chair l. of table) 
Here boys, fasten him into this. (Detkctiyes fasten him, Wm. all the 
time struggUng) Now bring in the others and finish things out there. 
(exit, Detectives, l. u. e.) Well Mosby, how do you like your new 
situation? Is it worth $500,000, eh? Ha, ha, ha! 

Wm. You are carrying this joke too far, Rhodes. Let me loose. 

Smiff. Joke! Ha, ha, ha! Yes, it's a joke, as you'U find out be- 
fore long. 

Wm. (startled) Why sir! what do you mean? 

Snuff. It means, friend Mosby, that you are in the hands of Uncle 
Sam. 

Wm. What is the charge, sir? 

Snvff. Moonshining. 

Wm. And who makes the charge. 

Enter, Joe, free, followed hy Cahoon and Si, hound, led by Detectives, 

L. TJ. E. 

Snuff. Who makes the charge? (Detectives and Snuff laugh 
heartily) Who makes the charge? It's me! me! J. Cadwell Dusty 
Rhodes; alias, OV Williams, of Turks Run Holler, b'chowder; alias, 
the messenger who delivered that letter to you for Mr. Jo.seph Case, 
when he was too drunk to receive it, and alias, Waltimore Felander 
SnulT, Snuffville, Connecticut, agent for Burner & Co., latest pro- 
duction entitled, "Jimmie Jones among the Mormans, or a Detective's 
search for a wife," and on which I, as the Yankee book agent, made 
twenty'dollars on subscriptions, b'gosh. 
(Detectives ic*^// baagh — abright light jlaresup att,. u. e., exph ions, etc. 

Wm. (startled) Heavens, what does that mean ? (<o Snuff) What 
is all that light and noise? Speak! 

Sniiff\ William Mosby, that's your still, machines, barrels of 
whiskey, etc., in tiie mighty tight grip of the demoii, called fire. 

Wm. (in dexpair) Then everything is lost. 

Snuff'. Mighty sa,rtin. 

CURTAIN. 

SCENE IL — Same m Act 2nd., scene i*'^.— Mrs. Case seated at -r. of 
table, Sakah with bandage around head, at l. of table — chair at u., 
Mkb Case neicing, Sahah reading. 

Mrs. C. I shall be through in a moment, Sarah, and then I will 
help you with your reading. Mr. Brown, the tailor, said I must have 
this coat mended by ten o'clock, and lam nearly done now, although 
it cannot be past nine yet. 



24 AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. 

Sarali. I'm tired mamma, I shall not read longer, as my head be- 
gins to ache again. 

Mrs. G. Poor girl, how nobly you have borne the suffering, (aside) 
I wonder where my poor husband is; he has not been seen or heard 
oi" by anyone for over a week. 

Sarah, Mother, why do you talk so much to yourself of late? 
Have we not fared much better during fatlier's absence than while 
he was here? 

Mrs. G. Yes, child, our neighbors have been very kind indeed, 
but you must not speak slightingly of your father, Sarali. 

Sarah. I did not mean to mamma, but I dread his home coming 
and the misery it will bring. 

Mrs. G. (aside) She speaks like a woman, (aloud) Sarah, have 
you seen the stranger who calls himself uncle William, recently? 

Sarah. No mamma. Isn't he queer? Ever since I could sit up he 
Avould hold me on his knee and keep me laughing at the stories he 
would tell. Wliat makes him pretend he is deaf wlien ever a 
stranger comes near? 

Mrs. G. I do not know. I think he comes here with a purpose. 
(aside) Too deep for us. 

Sarah. (yoiiKj to window) Oh! mamma, here he comes now. 

Mrs. G. You may go to meet him if you wish. 

Sarah. No, he is on the steps now. (<joes to l., 1 e.) Here he is! 

Enter, Snuff, l., 1 e. 

Snuff. Hullo, tot! How's the head? (kisses her 

Snuff'. Better, Uncle. Almost well. 

ISnuff. That's good, (leads her to chair) Good morning, Mrs. 
Case. 

Mrs. G. Good morning, (an.viously) Any news of Joe? 

(Sakaii takes his hat to table 

Snvff. Well, Miss Sarah, how would you like to go out for a short 
ride? 

Sarah. Oh! very much; may I mother? 

Mrs. G. (as SuvFF motions) If you wish, my dear. 

Snuff'. 1 liave a carriage at the corner awaiting you. The one in 
charge has his orders, and you must try to enjoy yourself immensely, 
tot. 

SaraJi. (pouting) I thouglit you was going witli me. Uncle? 

Snvff'. No, I have something to say to your mutlier. 

Sarah. And you don't want me here, ((jayly) Very well Uncle 
I'll go. 

Sarah gets hat r. u. e. , Mrs. Case arrauges her dress, removes bandage 
and kisses her. 

Snuff'. The coachman will have you back Just in time, so that 
you will enjoy yourself. (Sarah kisses her mother and Snuff 

Sarah. Good-bye. (e.vit, l., 1 e. 

Snvff'. ) r^ , , 
Mrs.G \ ^"o^l-l^ye- 

Mrs. C. (throwing work on table) There, the last stitcli is done. 
Snuff'. Mrs. Case, prepare yourself to hear good news. 
Mrs. G. Please, do not keep me in suspense, when my heart is 



AMONG THE MOONSHINERS. . 25 

acliin<j for news of Joe. 

Suiiff. I shall begin at the first and then you will better under- 
slaiid my meaning'. Abont one yt-ar ago a report was made by the 
government otiicials, that imm-nse quantities of liquors "were being 
maiiuractured somewhere in this section of the country. After 
niontiis of patient wailing and watching, three small stills were 
located and seized. 1 had been put in charge of the case, and after 
l()t)ki!ig around for some time, 1 had reason to believe one, Wm. 
Mosby and his son Jim, were connected with it in some way. About 
two weeks ago, I was called hurriedly to New York, and while there, 
I saw an advertisement of the law firm of Brown. Clark & Co., in 
which they requested information in regards to a person by the 
name of Joseph Case. The name sounded familiar, and on retiection 
1 located him as a drunken vagabond — pardon the title, I shall 
change it soon — who hung around Mosby's. Reporting at their 
office, I obtained the appointment as messenger to come here and 
interview him. Here is the letter, {produces letter and JuiiuU to her) 
Read it please. 

Mrs. V. {takes letter, reads) "New York, Sept 1st. Joseph Case, 
Esq. My dear sir: — We beg to inform you, that your father, 
Rufus Case, died on the .20th inst., at his home in London, England. 
JJy his will, sent to us for execution, b}' our pardners in London, he 
leaves to you the sum of five hundred ($000) dollars." {laying doion 
letter) What! Joe worth $500, it s<^ems impossible, {reads) "Fur- 
ther particulars will be given to j'ou upon your arrival. You are to 
bring this message, signed with your full name, or you will be 
obliged to write from dictation here, as this is one of our means of 
identifying you. Our special messenger delivers this to you, and an 
immediate reply is requested. Very truly yours, Brown, Clark &Co., 
Attorneys-at-law." (<o Snuff) Really uncle, this is too good to be 
true, $n00 a small fortune to us. 

Snuff. Now I will resume my story. Knowing that Joe was at 
Mosby's must of the time and believing Mosby to be a scoundrel, I 
conceived the idea of gaining some important news for the govern- 
ment. Five hundred dollars would be no object for Mosby to exert 
himself for, so I simply annexed the word hundred between five and 
thousand — in that place, see? {points on letter) and suffixed three 
ciphers after the $500 in figures — there, {points) and I had it $500,- 
COO. As a messenger, I delivered this to Mosby, of course, awaitino- 
a fitting opportunity when Joe was too drunk to receive it. As a 
book agent, I spied upon Mosby and guarded Joe, informing him 
not to sign the letter, but giving no hint as to what it was about. 
This he did and Mosby resorted to extreme measures, that is, ab- 
duction and confinement. 

Mrs. G. {startled) Oh! my poor Joe, weakened by their vile liquor, 
he must surely have been an apt to(jl for the plotters? 

Smiff\ He would not sign though, and then my scheme matured; 
they took him a prisoner to the hills. I followed and was led to 
their den. Disguised as a tramp I gained work at the place. Last 
night my special detectives arrived and we captured the entire 
crowd, excepting Jim Mosby, whom we left under guard at their 
saloon. All are now in jail, under a strong guard. 

Mrs. G. {startled) Biit Joe — 

Snuff, {taps table thrice) Is here to speak for himself. 



26 AMONG THE MOONSHlJSElib. 

Enter, Joe, l., 1 e. 

Mrs. C. {spri:iging forward) Joe! 
Joe. {catcJiing her in his arms) Mary! 

Exit, Snuff, l., 1 e., quietli/- -Jok leads Mrs. Case to cliair, k. of table, 

sits. 

Mrs. C. Oh! Joe, how white you look. 

Jeo. Yes, Mary, my diet has been much the same the past week, 
and it left some traces. 

Mrs. C. Surely those villains did not starve you, Joe? 

Joe. Oh! no. no. Plenty to eat. 

Mrs. C. Of what, Joe? 

Joe. Salt mackerel, dry. 

Mrs. C. The wretches! 

Joe. I feel much stronger now. Where is Sarah? 

Mrs. O. She went out for a short drive under the charge of our 
detective friend. 

Joe. And a better friend one does not need. Ah! I hear someone 
coming. 

Mrs. C. {going towards 1j., 1 e.) Sarah! 

Enter, Sarah, l., 1 e. 

Your father is here. 

Sarah, {frightened) Oh! let me hide, quick! 

{pulls Mrs. Case totcards c. 

Elder, Snuff, l., 1 e., goes back to l. c. as the book agent, with book. 

Joe. {(idmndng) No danger pet. Don't be afraid of me now. I 
am a drunkard no longer. 

Mrs. G. {eagerlu) Oh! Joe, is it true? 

Jce. Every word; heaven helping me, I have drank my last drop 
of intoxicating liquors. 

Mrs. C. God be praised and grant it may be true. 

Sara'i. Oh! papa, may I kiss you for that promise? {timidly 

Jo', {knels) Yes, my little pet, come. 

S trail, {rushing to his arms, kisses, nestles close) I am so happy; 
mamma, come, he is my papa now. 

Mrs. (J. {kneels at L., liead on his shoulder) And my husband, to 
love, to honor and obey. 

Joe. May heaven bless this united and happy family. 

Snuff, {opens book before him) And grant to your humble servant 
that he may get three subscriptions to the greatest book on earth at 
five dollars per copy. 

CUB TAIN. 



^ My Pard ; 4^ 

-OR- 

Tne Fairy of The 
Tunnel. 



A Western Drama in 4 acts, liy Len Ware, for 6 male, 
5 female characters. Time of playing, 2 hours. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

AOT I. — Home of Mrs. Divine — Katie, the Irish servant girl— Lucky Bill and 
Katie — '•Squire, and he's no gentleman" — Lawyer Smart arrives, to fri ve Charley 
Divine papers and instrnctionn, how to find the lost heiress — Unexpected ar- 
rival of Charley, half drunk — Lost S500 on the eazle — "You're a drunken fool! 
Charley, you will break your mother's heart" — "I'll reform" — "Here are the 
papers, now you must go" — Lucky Bill a scoundrel — Charley places papers on 
tabic and greets his mother — Lucky Bill changes papers and pockets those be- 
longing to Charley — "If you have any troiiple. Katie will come and identify the 
lost heiress" — The farewell — "Mother, I'll find my father, or his grave" — Lucky 
Bill triumphant. 

ACT II. — A mining town in the Sierras — Santa'Anna's saloon — Lucky BUI and 
others at table — Carrots and the squirrel — Santa Anna and Carrots^"Don't kill 
the girl"— Col Billy interferes — "Total wreck! total wreck!" — My Pard and Col 
Billy — Pard's story of the blue eyed baby — Charley arrives, siirprisin? Lucky 
Bill — A game of bluff — Bill shows his han<l and tells Charley that Celle is tlie 
heiress, and she is to be his wife — Charley warns Belle, and makes an enemy of 
Bill, but gains the friendship of Carrots and My Pard— Paril and Charley be- 
coma partners in the tunnel — "We'll strilte it rich some day, there's gold there, 
I've been here since '49, and orter know" — The stolen papers — "Lncky Bill, you 
are not only a gambler, but a thief! you have stolen my papers" — "Have a care 
tenderfoot, nothing would suit me better, than to draw this knife across your 
throat" — Carrots and My Pard interfere — ',I'd like to put a head on him" — 
"Drop'er stranger, drop'er." 

ACT III. — Lucky Bill communes with himself — Carrots and Lucky Bill — 
"What are you doing in My Pard's door-yard?" — Col Billy on the scene — 
Banished by the vigilants, total wreck! total wreck!" — Carrot's song — Charley 
gives Carrots paper to keep — "Keep the secret, I love you Carrots" — Pard and 
Carrots — "Charley kissed me Pard; tell me Pard, did you ever love anyone?" — 
Pard's story of the blue eyed baby in the cradle and the wife that is waiting 
for him — A sad, sad story — The Christmas dinner — "Notliln? but coon, coon 
straight, once a year you require coon; I've been here since '49, I orter know" 
— "Of course he orter know, he's always right, I know what coon is — why — well 
coon is coon" — Pard's poverty, no credit — Carrot steals bread of Santa Anna — 
Charley tells My Pard how he fought Lucky Bill in the tunnel and got the paper 
back— "O! Charley, the vigilants, give me the paper, they won't hurt an old 
man like me" — Charley's Christmas song -Pard discovers in Charley his blue- 
eyed baby, before he can tell him, the vigilants are upon them— Arrest of 
Charley— Pard tells them that Charley is innocent, that it was himself that 
stole the paper — Arrest of My Pard. 

ACT IV, — The trial of My Pard — Charley's errand to the tunnel — Arrival of 
Lawyer|Smart— Co! Billy's oath — Thatyaller dog— The penalty is death — Carrots 
pleads for My Pard — Lawyer as a witness — "Never lost a case or made a mis- 
take in my life" — Katie swears he is no lawyer — Smart regains the stolen 
papers — Lucky Bill accused — "Save lue from the vigilants" — Charley finds a 
father and a sweetheart— Kati«'s song — surprise of Carrots, who joins in the 
chorus — "Carrots, the lost heiress is found" — Gold in the tunnel— "Struck it 
rich at last, I knew we would, been here since '49, I orter know" — "Carrots, I 
hope you will always keep a place in your heart for 'My Pard'." Price 25c. 



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Comedietta in 2 acts; 1 
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Scene, plain rooms. One darky female. Mike enlists in the army for three 
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Costumes to suit characters. 



; i> J SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. =**— 

ACT 1. Srenel. — Rnssell Freeman's home — The day's events feviewed — The 
reporter in luck — A brave rescue — "Juicy watennillions" — The Aristocratic 
pent arrives — Tliat awfnl disease love, afflicts Saiiiho — Caleb overhears a little 
private conversation — A strike imminent — Sharp begins his scliemiiifj— Caleb 
np to snuff — I'm an aristocrat, one of the 400!" Sc ne II. — Caleb soliloquizes — 
"I am Paradise Lost!" — A heated interview between Golden and Sharp — The 
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Money" — "Knocks counterfeit silly" — Caleb's views of tlie strike — A dark dis- 
cussion, in which Dinah is badly misused — Tlie false friend— "My day will come, 
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The false friend in a new sole — Golden discharged from the mill — Sharp 
triumphant, and Caleb sells more court i)laster. 

'ACT III. Scene I. — Wood scene— Guy i)reparesto leave, visions of the past — 
The Aristocrat again on haiul — ''Turn hack, my lail" — Dinah pains .a point, and 
Sambo nearly looses his ear — The strilier's face starvation — Sliarp in the toils 
— The trap sprunp. Scene II. — Freeman's home — Colored courtship — Caleb Cork 
as a peace maker — Golden'S' story — Warren Sharp in the hands of the strikers 
— David tell a story, Caleb follows suit — The day of reckoning — Warren Sliarp 
leaves in disgrace — The Reporter puzzled — Guy is reinstated at the mill — Caleb 
presents the reporter of the Daily Grit with one of his double jointed, double 
action, stick tight court plasters. 



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Ames' Series of Medleys No. 2. 

Suitable for schools and home entertainments, by B. F. Eberhart. 
This No. contains a number of short dialogues and recita- 
tions, suitable for young people from 8 to 16 years. 
No stage scenery necessary, and is not 
difficult to render. 



Contains the following pieces: A "Welcome Dialogue; A Ten 
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^Taggs, the Waif; ^ 



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Unele Seth. 



A drama in 5 acts, by Len Ware, for 6 male and 4 fe- 
male characters. Costumes modern. Time 
of playing 2 hours. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I.— Mike Dou I'a saloon in New Orleans— Tagga and the i'renchman— A 
gnme of folitaire— Hannah, Jaggs and the kitten— Mike Doud's little dru Ige— 
"I m onlv Tagg , the Waif — T iggs and Raldy — Seth Mulberry in Doud s s iloon 
— Mu berry and Taggs— "Woul i you hki a li tie gal like me?"— "I'll be your 
Uncle Seth '—The marriage certif'c ite — Jeff Dupree— "Oh! Heleie, Heleno, my 
child '—A plan fo secu e Mulberry's money— A liit e sto y— Freuchy attempts to 
stib Mulberry— Friistratf'd— Hurrah! for Unc'e Seth. 

ACT II — Bi ou Darrington, ihe Ad.enturefs, and Jeff Dupres — "I'm dead 
b'oke" — The compact— TaJTgs and Bliou— "llazzb, d;izzle" — Homeof Uncle Soth, 
at Mulberry Hats— Tagg's ^u;iper — ''L ssos and bread and br-ad and lasses" — 
Uncle Seth and Ta^gj— The les on— The stiry of Ad:im aud Eve— Je,1 Dupree, 
Taggs r. cognizes hi n — A price offered for thi farm— "The Apistle Paul said" — 
Bijciu l)arr niton's offer— i'agg's version of "Jao v and Ji.l" — "Lasses and bread' 
—"I don't like you"— Ka's! rats! — Jeff Dupree— 'Luck at last'— "Then. I'm 
only Taggs, the Waif'-Taggs tells how she ca'ue to be at Mulberry Farm — "There 
i* something crooke ', vou want to cheat my Uncle Seth" — Helene, Jeff Dupree's 
discaided wife and Seih Mulder y's daughter— At the Grand View Hotel — Vltet- 
ing of Helene and Dnprje — "You are nut my wife" — "Ohl God, deceivedl dis- 
grace I dishonored!" 

ACT III.— Uncle Seth and Targs at the Grand View Hotel-Taggs astonislied 
at the tine furniture— Helene poses as a statue— Ta?g-% the clock and be 1 bov — 
—The song— Bi.iou and Dupree — Pape s to be s gne I for the sa'e of the farm — The 
warning v ice — "I'll not sijrn'— Helene drops di>guise—* "Father!" 

ACT IV.— Seths sol loquy— The wrecked South— Uncle Seth tells Taggs of his 
family— "Uncle Seth, I'll be your 1 tt'e incande cent'— Jeff Duppee foiled— "The 
government ha^ Lought my fa m" — Ihe quarrel— "Don't daie touch him, 'co3 he's 
my Uncle Seth." 

ACT V. — Dupree and Bi'ou— "I am penniless'" — We are found out and must 
1 ave to-ni°ht" — The Fren h detectie on Bijou Darrin, 'ton's trail, plays the part 
of telegraph operator — Unele Seth an! Taggs at telrgraiih office, waiting for the 
iridnight train— The wrick— "My Gi d! my child' — "Saved, father, I did not go 
to New Orleans" — Meeting of hus an i and wife — Doud dead — "You have no proof" 
—Tie lost raarriase crt fi -ate t iriis u,i — Attempt ti stab Uncle Seth — Taggs 
throws herself before h ra aud receive her death WJund — Arrest of Bi'ou— Helene 
and her father re-united- Price !25cts. 



Stupid Cupid. 

A Farce in 1 act, by Bert C. Rawley, for 4 male 
characters. Costumes easily obtained. Time of play- 
ing 30 minutes. A roaring little farce, which will give 
satisfaction to all. Price 15cts. 



^i& Roaring IrJsii Comedy. Ir 

The Widow' MeGmty. 



A. Musical Farce Comedy in 3 actg, by Eclmond Brussells, 

for 5 male and 4 fema-le characters. Time 

of playing, 2 hours. 



SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT I. — Bleeker Street, N. Y.— Widow McGint.v's boarding house — Itosiie Mc- 
Giiit.v and Milicy Sootclieimer, the dntch dude — A love scene interrupted by the 
widow — "Poor D.m! he met his fate at the bottom of the sea" — Barnstorm 
Walker, the "trajiidian" — "Two beers, or not two beers" — "You'll want to be 
dancing- the Koutche, Koutche next" — Widow's sensitive organic receives a 
shock — sad eventatiou — The dam-e-night — Barney Muldoon meets with a mis- 
hap and becomes one of Widow McGinty's boarders — the serenaders annoy 
Barney — An elopement, in which Snowball takes a part — Encounter between 
Hnldoon ami O'Hooligan, a suitor of the widow — Barney proposes — A fort\ine 
left the Widow McGinty. 

ACT II. — Widow McGinty's home on Fifth Avenue— Snowball head waiter — 
Katie and Mary Ellen — Widow gives a party — All of the widow's boarder's in- 
vited — Muldoon plays a trick on O'Hooligan— Snowball, a friend in need— A little 
"tragedy" between Barnstorin Walker and Katie, in which Bariihar<lt isn't in 
it — O'Hooligan appears and Muldoon disappears — Snowball discovers Muldoon 
sleeping off the effect of the Champagne — A joke on Muldoon — "We'll make a 
sign board of his face" — Is awaUened by Katie and discovers his condition- 
accuses O'Hooligan — A regular Irish tight, in which Muldoon is victorions. 

ACT III. — The picnic at t'oney Island— Widow McGinty's party arrives, she 
hears of the duel — A ride on tlie Merry-go-round — MiUey and Rosie plot .-igainst 
the Widow and Muldoou— Interview between the Widow and Muhloon, in which 
it is made unpleasant by lin\bnrger cheese, which has been put in Bluldoon's 
pocket — "I'll kill that Dutchman — The claret lemonade — The Widow is conviiuv 
ed of Mnldoon's villainy, and accepts tlie proposal of O'Hooligan— "May Itie 
devil take ye" — A little'plot of Katie's— The bogus letter, whicli informs the 
Widow, that her money is lost through a b;ink failure — In dispair the Widow 
I ui-ns to O'Hooligan, her accepted suitor— Without a fortune O'Hooligan has 
no use for theWidow and her three daughters— "Your only hope, Mrs. McGinty, 
isyour old boardinghonse" — Muldoon proves himself a true lover and proposes 
to tlie Widow — "I loved ye while ye were poor, and I love ye now" — Katie ex- 
plains that the letter was a hoax to discover O'Hooligan's true sentiment — 
O'Hooligan is left in the soup, as the Widow accepts Muldoon— "May you never 
regret the day you met Dan McGinty's Widow." Price ISctS- 

Gettin' 'Speriance in a Doctor's Office. 

Ethiopean farce in 1 act, by B. F. Eberhart, for 4 male 
and 2 female characters. A goo 1 little farce, in which the 
nigger gets considerable 'sperienca as a docter protem. 
Time of playing, 15 minutes. Price 15 cents. 



Katie's Daeeption; 



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The Troublesome Kid 



Farce in 1 act, by W. L. Bennett, 4 male and 2 fomalo characters. 
Costumes modern. Time of playing, 30 miuUes. A briglit 
sparkling farce for amateurs. Good negro charac- 
ter. Farmer from "Way back" answers 
Katie's matrimonial advertisement. 
Characters are all good. 
Price 15 cents. 

Our Family Umbrella. 

A Comedietta in 2 acts, by E. E. Cleveland, 4 male and 2 female 
characters. Scenery interior. Costumes modern. The old man 
character is excellent, is alway buying umbrellas, but never has one 
when needed. Amateurs will find this a good after-piece. 

Price 15c. 

Yacob's Hotel Experience. 

Farce in 1 act by B. F. Eberhart, 3 male characters. Time of 
playing 20 minutes. This will make a good after-piece. The dutch- 
man is immense. His experience in a first class hotel is uproar'ously 
funny — 

HOME RULE. 

A Charade in 2 scenes, by the author of Yacob's Hotel Experience, 

8 male and 3 female characters. Time of playing, 

20 minutes. Price 15 cents. 

Joan of Arc Drill. 

A Spectacular Shepherd drill for 8 to 16 girls, by B. P. 
Eberhart. This drill is simple and easy to get up, requiring no 
scenery, can be produced indoor or out, no special music is needed 
in the march. Costume, Shepherd girls dress — girls carry a 
Shepherd's crook. A diagram gives the line of march, so it is easily 
understood. Ends with a tableau of Joan of Arc at the stake. 

Price 15 cents. 




Our Awful Aunt 4 

Out in the Streets 6 

Rescued _ 5 

Saved 2 

Turn of the Tide 7 

Three Glasses a Day 4 

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room... 7 
Wrecked 9 

COMEDIES. 

A Day In A Doctor's OfiSoe... 5 1 

A Legal Holiday i S 

A Pleasure Trip 7 3 

An AflBicted Family 7 5 

Caught in the Act 7 3 

Captured 6 4 

Caste 5 3 

Factory Girl 6 3 

Heroic Dutchman of '76 8 3 

Home 4 3 

Love's Labor Not Lost 3 3 

Mr.Hudson's Tiger Hunt...- 1 1 

New Years in N. Y 7 6 

Not 8o Bad After All 6 5 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks 6 3 

Our B .ys .6 4 

Our Daughters 8 6 

Pug and the Baby 5 3 

Passions 8 4 

Prof. James' Experience 

Teachine Country School 4 3 

Rags and Bottles 4 1 

Scale with Sharps and Flats.. 3 2 

Solon Shingle 14 2 

Tw.. Bad Boys 7 3 

The Biter Bit 3 2 

The Cigarette 4 2 

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Captain Smith _ 3 3 

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Cupids Caners 4 4 

Cleveland's Reception Party. 5 3 

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Der Two Surprises ;. 1 1 

Deuce is in Him 6 1 

Did I Dream it 4 3 

Dutchyvs. Nigger 3 

D'ltch Prize Fighter 3 

Domesric Felicity 1 1 

Eh? What Did You Say 3 1 

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Hans Brummel's Cafe 5 

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How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 1 

How to Tame M-in-Law 4 

How Stout Your Getting 5 

Ineompatibilitv of Temper... 1 

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Jacob Shlaff's Mistake 3 

Jimmie Jones 8 

John Smith 6 

Joh:ines Blatz's Mistake 4 

Jumbo Jum 4 

Killing Time 1 

Kittie's Wedding Cako 1 

Lick Skillet Wedding 2 _ 

Lauderbach's Little Surprise 3 
Locked in a Dress-maker's 

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Lodgings for "Two „ 3 

Love in all Corners 5 3 

Matrimonial Bliss 1 

Match for a other-Min-Law.. 2 

More Blunders than one 4 

Mother's Fool 6 

My Heart's in Highlands 4 

My Precious Betsey 4 

My Turn Next 4 

My Wife's Relations 4 

My Day and Now-a-Dayg 

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Patent Washing Machine 4 1 

Persecuted Dutchman 6 3 

PoorPilicody 2 3 

Quiet Family 4 4 

Rough Diamond 4 3 

Ripples 2 

Room 44 2 

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Sehnaps 1 1 

Sewing Circle of Period 5 

S. II. A. M. Pinafore 3 3 

Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

Strictly 'Temperance .2 2 

Stage Struck Yankee 4; 2 

Struck by Lightning 2 2 

Slick and Skinner 5 

Slaaher and Crasher 5 2 

Too Many Cousins 3 3 

Two Gentlemen in a Fix 2 

Taking the Census 1 1 

The Landlords Revenge 3 

That Awful Carpet Bag 3 3 

That Rascal Pat „ 3 2 

That Mysterious B'dle 2 2 

The Bewitched Closet 5 2 

The Coming Man 3 1 

Turn Him Out ». 3 2 

The Actor's Scheme 4 4 

The Irish Squire of Squash 

Ridge 4 2 

The Mashers Mashed 5 2 

The Sham Professor » 4 

The Spellin' Skewl 7 6 

The Two T. J's „ 4 2 

Thirty-three Next Birthday.. 4 2 

Tim Flannigan 5 

Tit for Tat 2 1 

The Printer and His Devils.. 3 1 

Trials of a Country Editor.... 6 2 

The Wonderful Telephone.... 3 1 

Two Aunt Emilys 8 

Uncle Ethan 4 3 

Uniust .lustioe 6 2 

U. S. Mail _ 2 2 

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15 An Unhappy Pair 1 1 

172 Black Shoemaker 4 2 

98 Black Statue 4 2 

22 Colored Senators 3 

214 Chops 3 

145 Cuff's Luck 2 1 

190 Crimps Trip „. 5 

27 Fetter Lane to Gravesend 2 

1.53 Haunted House 2 

230 Hamlet the Dainty 6 1 

103 How Sister Paxey got her 

Child Baptized 2 1 

24 Handy Andy 2 

23<i Hypochondriac The 2 

319 In For It 3 1 

47 In the Wrong Box 3 

77 Joe's Vis t 2 1 

88 Mischievous Nigger ,. 4 2 

256 Midnight Colic 2 1 

128 Musical Darkey 2 

90 NoCureNoPav '3 1 

61 Not as Deaf as He Seems 3 

244 Old Clothes 3 

234 Old Dad's Cabin 2 1 

150 OldPompey 1 1 

246 Othello 4 1 

109 Other People's Children 3 2 

297 Pomp (xreen's Snakes 2 

134 Pomn's Pranks 2 

258 Prof.Bones'Latest Invention 5 

177 Quarrelsome Servants 3 

96 Rooms to Let -.2 1 

107 School 5 

133 Seeing Bosting 3 

179 Sham Doctor 3 3 

94 16.000 Years Ago ~3 

243 Snorts on a Lark 3 

25 Sport with a Sportsman 2 

92 Stage Struck Darkey 2 1 

238 Strawberry Shortcake 2 

10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down 2 

.64 That Boy Sam 3 1 

2.5^' The Best Cure 4 1 

282 The Intelligence OfTice 3 

122 The Select School 5 <0 

.118 The Popcorn Man 3 1 

.6 TheStudio 3 

108 Those Awful Boys. 5 

245, Ticket Taker 3 

i Twain's Dodging — 3 1 

•197 Tricks - 5 2 

198 Uncle -Jeff 5 2 

216 Vice Versa 3 1 

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210 Virginia .Mumnf" - 6 1 

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